The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'., Volume 18John William Carleton 1847 |
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... called ; and having been examined in chief , the counsel for the defendant rose to put him to the question , which he did in the following manner : - Counsel " Now , sir , pray how high was the plaintiff's horse ? " Boy- " Sixteen feet ...
... called ; and having been examined in chief , the counsel for the defendant rose to put him to the question , which he did in the following manner : - Counsel " Now , sir , pray how high was the plaintiff's horse ? " Boy- " Sixteen feet ...
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... called upon within the compass of half a score pages to relate such episodes as a son going mad for joy , and his father doing the same thing during the next forty - eight hours .... Now succeeded luncheon in the royal pavilion , and ...
... called upon within the compass of half a score pages to relate such episodes as a son going mad for joy , and his father doing the same thing during the next forty - eight hours .... Now succeeded luncheon in the royal pavilion , and ...
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John William Carleton. The bear was supposed to be couched in a lofty hill called Fjäll , or the Fell ; so designated , I presume , because of its summit being di- vested , or nearly so , of wood , which not being usually the case in ...
John William Carleton. The bear was supposed to be couched in a lofty hill called Fjäll , or the Fell ; so designated , I presume , because of its summit being di- vested , or nearly so , of wood , which not being usually the case in ...
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... called Elg , who was at about one hundred and fifty paces higher up the mountain , to my assistance . Though the dogs - for by this time they were together kept challenging furiously , the bear would not leave his retreat . Find- ing ...
... called Elg , who was at about one hundred and fifty paces higher up the mountain , to my assistance . Though the dogs - for by this time they were together kept challenging furiously , the bear would not leave his retreat . Find- ing ...
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... called on to exhibit both speed and lasting quality . This is not , of course , necessary to all horses ; but , whatever the horse's business may be , to enable him to do that with ease to himself and owner , he should be in the best ...
... called on to exhibit both speed and lasting quality . This is not , of course , necessary to all horses ; but , whatever the horse's business may be , to enable him to do that with ease to himself and owner , he should be in the best ...
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Page 214 - I AM monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 303 - And in this Trinity none is afore or after other; none is greater or less than another.
Page 83 - If to do were as easy as to know what were^ good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 260 - But the poor dog, in life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to defend, Whose honest heart is still his master's own, Who labours, fights, lives, breathes for him alone...
Page 159 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Page 54 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 262 - Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 131 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 264 - And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...
Page 71 - If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.— That strain again;— it had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.— Enough; no more; 'Tis not so sweet now as it was before.